Best Gadgets Tier List

A selection of Arc Raiders gadgets and attachments in tiers, each line the item's own text, from grenades and mines to weapon mods.

Category: Tier List · Updated 2 November 2026

The tiers here are this site's editors' order, not a source's; each line under them is the item's own text, and the Firecracker's adds the wiki's.

S Tier

• Jolt Mine (Rare): By its own text, a proximity-triggered mine that pops up and stuns anything within its radius.

• Deadline (Epic): By its own text, a mine that deals damage to anything within its radius once the timer runs out.

• Smoke Grenade (Rare): By its own text, it creates a lingering smoke cloud on impact, blocking visibility from ARC and other Raiders.

A Tier

• Adrenaline Shot (Common): By its own text, a serum that fully restores stamina and temporarily increases stamina regeneration.

• Blaze Grenade (Rare): By its own text, a grenade that detonates on impact, covering an area in fire that deals damage over time.

• Heavy Fuze Grenade (Rare): By its own text, a grenade that detonates after a delay, dealing explosive damage in its radius.

• Barricade Kit (Uncommon): By its own text, a deployable cover that can block incoming damage until it breaks.

• Door Blocker (Common): By its own text, a locking mechanism that can be placed on large metal doors to limit access.

B Tier

• Gas Grenade (Common): By its own text, it creates a lingering toxic cloud on impact, draining the stamina of any Raiders within its area of effect.

• Gas Mine (Common): By its own text, a proximity-triggered mine that pops up and deploys a gas cloud that rapidly drains stamina.

• Explosive Mine (Rare): By its own text, a proximity-triggered mine that pops up and explodes, dealing damage to anything within its radius.

• Firecracker (Common): Its own text says it sparks and pops in a pleasant manner, and the wiki says it can be thrown to create sparks after a short delay.

• Binoculars (Common): By their own text, a basic pair of binoculars with two levels of magnification.

C Tier

• Flame Spray (Uncommon): By its own text, a classic makeshift weapon, sure to leave scorch marks.

• Blue Light Stick (Common): By its own text, a throwable chemical light that illuminates the area around it.

• Green Light Stick (Common): By its own text, a throwable chemical light that illuminates the area around it, the Blue Light Stick's text word for word.

Attachments

• Compensator (Common to Rare): By its own text, tier I slightly reduces per-shot dispersion.

• Angled Grip (Common to Rare): By its own text, tier I slightly reduces horizontal recoil.

• Extended Light Mag (Common to Rare): By its own text, tier I slightly extends the ammo capacity of compatible weapons that use light ammo.

• Extended Medium Mag (Common to Rare): By its own text, tier I slightly extends the ammo capacity of compatible weapons that use medium ammo.

• Extended Shotgun Mag (Common to Rare): By its own text, tier I slightly extends the ammo capacity of shotguns.

• Horizontal Grip (Epic): By its own text, moderately reduces both vertical recoil and horizontal recoil.

• Kinetic Converter (Legendary): By its own text, moderately increases fire rate.